Rookie vs. Veteran

Rookienoun

An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.

Rookienoun

A novice.

Rookienoun

An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.

Rookienoun

(British) A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.

Rookieadjective

non-professional; amateur

Rookienoun

an awkward and inexperienced youth

Rookienoun

a new recruit, especially in the army or police

Rookienoun

a member of a sports team in their first full season.

Rookie

A rookie is a person new to an occupation, profession, or hobby. In sports, a rookie is a professional athlete in their first season (or year).

Veterannoun

A person with long experience of a particular activity.

Veterannoun

(figurative) A group, animal, etc. with long experience of a particular activity.

Veterannoun

A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service; also called a war veteran to distinguish from veterans that weren't in armed conflict.

Veteranadjective

Having had long experience, practice, or service.

Veteranadjective

Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.

Veteranadjective

Long exercised in anything, especially in military life and the duties of a soldier; long practiced or experienced; as, a veteran officer or soldier; veteran skill.

Veterannoun

One who has been long exercised in any service or art, particularly in war; one who has had much experience, or has grown old or decrepit in service.

Veterannoun

a serviceman who has seen considerable active service;

Veterannoun

a person who has served in the armed forces

Veterannoun

an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service

Veteranadjective

rendered competent through trial and experience;

Veteran

A veteran (from Latin vetus, meaning ) is a person who has significant experience (and is usually adept and esteemed) and expertise in a particular occupation or field. A military veteran is a person who is no longer serving in a military.A military veteran that has served directly in combat in a war is further defined as a war veteran (although not all military conflicts, or areas in which armed combat took place, are necessarily referred to as wars).